Fall Travel Ideas: Wyoming Luxury Ranch

Colorful foliage, cooler weather, shorter days. Fall is coming and with that season are some interesting travel tour opportunities that have come my way:

Trout Fishing in Montana – There is no better time to fish for large trout in Montana than the fall. The Big Hole Lodge, one of the great fly fishing destinations in North America, is nestled in a magnificent wilderness setting in the Pioneer Mountains of Montana with a beautiful trout stream at its doorstep. This 6-day Frontiers International Travel tour starts at $3,875. http://www.frontierstravel.com/big-hole

Machu Picchu by Train – Explore the great ruins of Machu Picchu and wander through village markets where ancient traditions live on in the hearts of the Andean people. Explore the lost city of Machu Picchu, wander the witches’ market in Cusco, bargain over tapestries in Pisac, and walk off the beaten path in the rural Andes. This Adventure Life tour starts at $1,621. http://www.adventure-life.com/peru/tours/354/machu-picchu-by-train

Take an Epic Bike Tour – Join Ride & Seek on a ride of historical proportions cycling from Barcelona to Rome. Traverse some of the iconic climbs of the Grand Tours, roll through the vineyards of the Languedoc, Provence, Piedmont and Tuscany, and sample the delights of the diverse gastronomy to be found along the route. The Hannibal tour starts at $6,525. http://www.rideandseek.com/epic/hannibal

Cruise the Rhine Gorge – Find fall colors in the spectacular Rhine Gorge, magical Black Forest and soaring Bernese Oberland on a Rhine River cruise between Basel, Switzerland, and Cologne, Germany, with Riviera Travel. Seven visits and tours along the way include the romantic town of Rudesheim, the center of the Rhineland wine trade, the Roman city of Koblenz, medieval Speyer, Strasbourg, the capital of the Alsace region, and lakeside Lucerne. An eight-day cruise starts at $1,659. https://www.rivieratravel.com/book/rhine-cruise-to-switzerland

Kim Stuart Swidler

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This is a pretty good list of destinations; Machu Picchu in particular is a great place to visit. I would do it differently though. Day 1 should head straight to Cusco for an overnight or maybe head to ollantaytambo. Day 2 can involve a full day tour to the sacred valley or in any case stay there for the night. The sacred valley is rather beautiful and very different than staying in Cusco. On day 3 head over to Aguas Calientes via train, maybe head to the thermal baths and rest. Day 4 early in the morning head to Machu Picchu to catch the sun rising over the andes; later on that day we head back to Ollantaytambo for an overnight. On day 5 we head to Lima and check into a hotel near the pacific ocean in the Miraflores district where we rest and have a free day; we can use this day to go to some of the local Peruvian restaurants. Remember Peruvian cuisine has grown in popularity in the last few years; Lima has 3 of the top 50 restaurants i the world with 2 being on the top 10; central and maido. On day 6 we can have a full day Lima tour, an overnight stay and lastly on day 7 we head back to the international airport for the return trip. Here is an itinerary for 7 days with a cost of under 1k, not including flights of course:http://www.journeymachupicchu.com/package/the-inca-journey-lima-to-cusco-machu-picchu/

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